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  Looking Death Right in the Eye w/ Sarah Doumar 05.08.2026 1u 21min

  Julia is joined by bestina and hospital chaplain Sarah Doumar to confront the only thing we are unfortunately promised in this lifetime: death. Together the girlies deconstruct how dying transformed from an intimate, familiar occurence to a hidden and medicalized taboo, unpacking the predatory funeral industry, the West's treatment of elders, and society's obsession with immortality. Plus, Sarah shares what sitting with dying patients has taught her about grief, fear, and spirituality. Digressions include tyrannical choir teachers, a sacred dream about Heath Ledger, and smoking hookah at the retirement village. WE'RE GOING ON TOUR!!!! Find tickets for the Shake Up Your Life Tour at https://binchtopia.com/tour This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.  To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCES A Third of Young Adults Are Still Living With Their Parents—as Old Taboo  Aging Out by Lucy Schiller Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life Becomes the New Normal Amid Soaring Costs  Being Mortal by Atul Gawande  Death Is Having a Moment  Death anxiety. The worm at the core of mental health.  Does The Internet Change How We Die And Mourn? Overview And Analysis  Good Grief  Growing Old in America by David Hackett Fischer It's Mourning in America It's Time to Let the Five Stages of Grief Die  Longevity increased by positive self-perceptions of aging  Mid-Late Victorian Mourning Dress Mortal Remains: Death in America by Nancy Isenberg Mourning during the Civil War  New study challenges notion that aging means decline, finds many older adults improve over time  Place of Death Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic  Poor Relief and the Almshouse  Senior Living History: 1930 - 1939  TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY  The American Way of Death Revisited by Jessica Mitford  The Denial of Death and the Practice of Dying  The Hour of Our Death by Philippe Ariès The FTC Funeral Rule  The other side of sadness: What the new science of bereavement tells us about life after loss.  The Trouble with Nursing Homes  The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion U.S. centenarian population is projected to quadruple over the next 30 years  Western Attitudes Toward Death From The Middle Ages To The Present by Philippe Ariès  When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
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  Does Anyone Know If We Have Flop Tomorrow? *UNLOCKED FROM PATREON* 29.07.2026 1u 15min

  Julia and Nick explore the dark side of shaking up your life — because sometimes, the shake TAKETH! From accidental military enlistment to having a warrant out for your arrest, they tell the stories of tremendous flops and binchies who rose from the ashes. Digressions include Nick's failed attempt at heterosexuality, a horrifying clown-centric production of Moby Dick, and Kaitlin Bennett x Soho House. WE'RE GOING ON TOUR!!!! Find tickets for the Shake Up Your Life Tour at https://binchtopia.com/tour This episode was originally released on May 13, 2026 as a Patreon exclusive, and we're unlocking it for you to make the most of the extra week in July AND in honor of the Shake Up Your Life Tour.   Become a patron today to support the show, keep us ad-free and unlock our backlog of over 50 bonus episodes at patreon.com/binchtopia.
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  I Got a Grok in My 'Rari w/ Dr. Jack Keefe 15.07.2026 1u 17min

  Chat, are we cooked? Julia is joined by friend and mentor Dr. Jack Keefe to explore the ongoing epidemic of AI psychosis and the dire consequences of having a sycophant in our pocket. They trace the history of how technology has repeatedly reshaped our understanding of reality, from medieval nobles who believed their bodies were made of glass, telegraph operators struck by sudden paralysis, and tech moguls convinced they're living in The Matrix. Digressions include questioning the humanity of Mr. Beast, the stay tethered to reality challenge, and The Truman Show as a psychotic touchstone. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.  Check out Jack's work here: https://jack-keefe.com/ WE'RE GOING ON TOUR!!!! Find tickets for the Shake Up Your Life Tour at https://binchtopia.com/tour To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCES "AI Psychosis" in Context: How Conversation History ShapesLLM Responses to Delusional Beliefs  'Americanitis': The Disease of Living Too Fast  An odd kind of melancholy: reflections on the glass delusion in Europe (1440-1680 - Gill Speak, 1990 Beyond artificial intelligence psychosis: a functional typology of large language model-associated psychotic phenomena - The Lancet Digital Health Delusion content across the 20th century in an American psychiatric hospital ELEPHANT: MEASURING AND UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL SYCOPHANCY IN LLMS Emotional Manipulation by AI Companions From Paralysis to Fatigue | Book by Edward Shorter | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster Hallucinations and electricity in the nineteenth century Hallucinating with AI: Distributed Delusions and "AIPsychosis" How AI and Human Behaviors Shape Psychosocial Effects of Extended Chatbot Use: A Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Study Interpretations of Innovation: The Role of Technology in Explanation Seeking Related to Psychosis  Investigating Affective Use and Emotional Well-beingon ChatGPT  Nature of Persecutors and Their Behaviors in the Delusions of Schizophrenia: Changes between the 1990s and the 2000s - PMC Neurasthenia and the Modern City: Genealogical Speculations on Capitalism-Urged Anxiety, Stress, and Suicide in North America, 1890–1920 - Phillip Gordon Mackintosh, 2025 On the Origin of the "Influencing Machine" in Schizophrenia People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies Polarizing remedies, attractive cures: Animal magnetism, mesmerism, and mind-over-matter treatments  Railway Neurosis and the Birth of Psychotherapy  Technological folie à deux: feedback loops between AI chatbots and mental health  'The algorithm is hacked': analysis of technology delusions in a modern-day cohort The Evolution of Insanity  The Origin of the Influencing Machine in Schizophrenia (1919) The people who think they are made of glass - BBC News The Psychogenic Machine: Simulating AI Psychosis,Delusion Reinforcement and Harm Enablement inLarge Language Models They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.  Victorian London - Disease - 'telegraphic paralysis' When Old Technologies Were New : Thinking about Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century "You're Not Crazy": A Case of New-onset AI-associated Psychosis
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  God, Air, and the Internet w/ Mackenzie Thomas 01.07.2026 1u 20min

  This week, Julia is joined by artist and writer Mackenzie Thomas to discuss the beautiful and humiliating archive of the self. They revisit adolescent diary entries, being trolled by your middle school crush, the childhood-loneliness to Tumblr pipeline, and the power of turning your most embarrassing moments into art. Digressions include The Rizzler being our generation's Shirley Temple, asking the CEO of Instagram for what you want, and dance moves that should be illegal for men to perform. Check out Mackenzie's newest project here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fccuzvnb8JA and on Instagram @mackenzie WE'RE GOING ON TOUR!!!! Find tickets for the Shake Up Your Life Tour at https://binchtopia.com/tour  
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  Seeking God at the Revolve Tent w/ Allegra Chapman 17.06.2026 1u 39min

  This week, Julia is joined by Allegra to investigate the enduring, mythical appeal of the music festival. From medieval carnivals to Woodstock, and Coachella brand trips to FYRE fest, the girlies explore the human desire to build temporary utopias — and how festival outcomes range from communal transcendence and PLUR to corporate-branded slop and FEMA-level weather events. Digressions include Billie Eilish starring in The Bell Jar for some reason, the ouroborous of influencer video essays, and Allegra's parents getting matching plastic surgery on her birthday. WE'RE GOING ON TOUR!!!! Find tickets for the Shake Up Your Life Tour at https://binchtopia.com/tour This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.  To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCES 19 Worst Things About Woodstock '99 After the Astroworld Disaster, a Reckoning Altamont : the Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the inside story of rock's darkest day  Bakhtinian thought : an introductory reader Burning Man: how a festival became a culture Castlemorton 1992, the rave that triggered the ban Castlemorton Common: The rave that changed the law  Criminal Justice & Public Order Act 1994, s.63 ("repetitive beats") Crowds and Collective Behavior Get access Arrow  Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy From Woodstock to Coachella: The ultimate music festivals  FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened Half a Million Strong: Crowds and Power from Woodstock to Coachella by Gina Arnold Impact: From riots to crowd safety 'It was the peak of the flower power era': The story of the first ever Glastonbury Festival in 1970  How Music Festivals Became a Massive Business in the 50 Years Since Woodstock  Juggalos & the FBI "hybrid gang" label Live Aid (1985) Live Music in America: A History from Jenny Lind to Beyoncé Lollapalooza's rise (Perry Farrell's acid precognition) Monterey Pop Murder at the Altamont Festival Rabelais and His World The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure Of Other Spaces The Oral History of Monterey Pop, Where Jimi Torched His Ax & Janis Became a Star: Art Garfunkel, Steve Miller, Lou Adler & More Remembering Meredith Hunter Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Trainwreck: Woodstock '99 The Elementary Forms of Religious Life The Music Festival That Time Forgot: Inside Steve Wozniak's US Fest The Night Bob Dylan Went Electric The Sacred and the Profane The Society of the Spectacle "This Film Was My Chance to Correct History": Questlove on Summer of Soul and the Oscars  The Pop Festival: History, Music, Media, Culture  Woodstock '99 Predicted America's Future Woodstock 1999 Ends in Violence  Wattstax (1972), the "Black Woodstock" Wattstax drew 100,000 people — this 1972 concert was about much more than music  What's behind the decline of music festivals?  Without Helicopters, There Wouldn't Have Been a Woodstock Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music
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  A Big Announcement... 10.06.2026 1min

  Find tickets for the Shake Up Your Life Tour at https://binchtopia.com/tour
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  Dark Lesbidemia w/ Aliza Jay 03.06.2026 1u 26min

  In honor of Pride Month, Binchtopia's lesbian correspondent Aliza joins Julia to open the loveline for exclusively sapphic dilemmas. Together, the girlies address lesbian horrors including falling for your D&D teammate, having a platonically shirtless sleepover with your bestie, and finding out the girl you're in love with has has a hideous back tattoo. Digressions include surviving the Subaru allegations, a new psychological diagnosis for boring people, and considering whether straight men have the capacity to yearn.  This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.  To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
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  The Ancient Art of Being Woman'd 20.05.2026 1u 31min

  Julia and Eliza reconvene for a long-overdue Girlboss Summit where they discuss two iconic indigenous women who survived by any means necessary: La Malinche and Sacagawea. Together the girlies explore the forgotten role of female translators in building the New World and investigate the fine line between traitor and victim. Digressions include society's rampant Michael Jackson psychosis, concert makeout etiquette, and celebs who are immune to being Woman'd. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.  To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCES La Malinche by Carmen Tafolla Malinche by Rosario Castellanos Malintzin's Choices by Camilla Townsend The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier by Megan Kate Nelson Traitor, Survivor, Icon: The Legacy of La Malinche
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  Does Anyone Know If We Have Flop Tomorrow? *TEASER* 13.05.2026 7min

  Julia and Nick explore the dark side of shaking up your life — because sometimes, the shake TAKETH! From accidental military enlistment to having a warrant out for your arrest, they tell the stories of tremendous flops and binchies who rose from the ashes. Digressions include Nick's failed attempt at heterosexuality, a horrifying clown-centric production of Moby Dick, and Kaitlin Bennett x Soho House. This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and our monthly news broadcast What the Hell Sure NEWS, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
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  But Mama, He's Mormon 06.05.2026 1u 7min

  Julia is back with another solo episode to address some of your most pressing dilemmas: Should I convert to Mormonism for a man? Is beefing with my therapist warranted? Can I quit my job and be a stay at home girlfriend? Digressions include hearing out Clavicular, the abhorrent return of heroin chic, and RHORI providing some much needed diva representation. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.  To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.  
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  And You Did It at My Paddock! w/ Nick & Chase *UNLOCKED FROM PATREON* 29.04.2026 1u 15min

  Julia is joined by cacklers Nick and Chase for their very first venture into the cursed depths of Reddit's Am I The Asshole. Horrors include: a husband's mysterious gaycation to Ibiza, a black market Labubu deal, a fuckboi horse with navy blue hay, and a man who is enchanted by his server's gongerous scalp. Plus, Chase's formative years herding sheep in Arizona, the sacred right to be rude at work, and personal legal drama… ALLEGEDLY! For more Nick and Chase, check out their podcast Mumbling and Cackling! This episode was originally released on January 14, 2026 as a Patreon exclusive, and we're unlocking it for you to make the most of the extra week in April. Become a patron today to support the show, keep us ad-free and unlock our backlog of over 50 bonus episodes at patreon.com/binchtopia.
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  My Water Broke, Call the MUA! w/ Nick & Chase *TEASER* 22.04.2026 6min

  Julia is joined by cacklers Nick and Chase for another descent into Am I The Asshole and your IDGAF workplace moments. Essential questions include: can I neuter my neighbor's cat if he's wearing a Cuban link? What if Sky Ferreira drops an album while my wife is giving birth? At what point can one be jealous of a horse? And so much more! For more Nick and Chase, check out their podcast Mumbling and Cackling! This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and our monthly news broadcast What the Hell Sure NEWS, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
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  Enshitted on 'Em 15.04.2026 1u 30min

  Is everything getting worse? Well, yes! Julia and Nick break down enshittification, planned obsolescence, and the long history of things being made worse on purpose. From disposable culture to Facebook AI slop, they break down how we've all been conditioned to waste our time and money while being trained to expect basically nothing in return. Digressions include the implications of boyfriends entering the girls' rag hang unannounced, a brief stay in frog paradise, and the AI fridge that watches your baby. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.  To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCES Enshittification by Cory Doctorow How the Deadly 1918 Flu Pandemic Brought Dixie Cups to Easton  Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America by Giles Slade  OFFICIALS EXPLAIN WAR SAVINGS PLAN; McAdoo and Vanderlip Open $2,000,000,000 Campaign at "Frugality Dinner." DIRECTORS THEIR GUESTS Speakers Predict National Response to the Appeals of These Patriotic Business Leaders.  Pierre Bourdieu, Distinction, A Social Critique on the Judgement of Taste, 1984  Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk  Pushbutton Magic - 1948  The Age of Enshittification  The Waste Makers  Toward a Throw-Away Culture. Consumerism, 'Style Obsolescence' and Cultural Theory in the 1950s and 1960s  Understaffing as a form of enshittification  1956 Frigidaire Refrigerator ice box Commercial 
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  Everything is Reagan's Fault 01.04.2026 1u 48min

  Julia and Eliza finally confront the question: is Ronald Reagan responsible for all the world's evils? To investigate, the girlies delve into Reaganomics, the groundbreaking idea to give rich people more money, and trace how its legacy has trickled down into the capitalist swamp we all wade through today. The girlies also examine Reagan's abysmal impact on human life including his murderously indifferent AIDS response, his systematic defunding of welfare, his IDGAF environmental policies, and many other evils. Digressions include Eliza's upcoming consultation with a pet psychic, Australians getting mad at vowels, and a callback to Nancy the throat goat. To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.  ADDITIONAL READINGS Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion How a Historian Uncovered Ronald Reagan's Racist Remarks to Richard Nixon Killing Asylum: How Decades of U.S. Policy Ravaged Central America Ronald Reagan Made Central America a Killing Field The Cold War 's Last Battlefield: Reagan, the Soviets and Central America THE IRAN-CONTRA REPORT: Chronology; After 13 Years of Hide-and-Seek, a Bitter Chapter of U.S. History Ends The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander The war on drugs, explained When Oliver North avoided prison time for his role in the Iran-contra scandal You're Wrong About Podcast: Iran-Contra SOURCES A Timeline of HIV and AIDS A troublesome legacy: The Reagan Administration's conservation and renewable energy policy  A Snapshot of Federal Student Loan Debt  Actor's Illness Helped Reagan To Grasp AIDS, Doctor Says  Aid To Dependent Children: The Legal History Conservative Transition in American Social Policy  Decades of Distortion: The Right's 30-year Assault on Welfare  FAIRNESS OF REAGAN'S CUTOFFS OF DISABILITY AID QUESTIONED  How Ronald Reagan's Time at General Electric Pushed Him to Conservatism How Ronald Reagan Tried to Shrink Government Spending Looking Back On When President Reagan Fired The Air Traffic Controllers Presidential Approval Ratings — Gallup Historical Statistics and Trends  Proposed cuts to public housing threaten a repeat of the 1980s' housing crisis Reaganomics and the Welfare State Reagan Administration's Chilling Response to the AIDS Crisis  Ronald Reagan and the Commitment of the Mentally Ill REAGAN DEFENDS FINANCING FOR AIDS Reagan, Deregulation and America's Exceptional  Rise in Health Care Costs Reagan Order Defines Drug Trade as Security Threat, Widens Military Role Reagan Was a Disaster for the Labor Movement. A Second Trump Term Could Be Worse.  Republicans view Reagan, Trump as best recent presidents Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Declining Union Organization Ronald Reagan From the People's Perspective: A Gallup Poll Review  Ronald Reagan Has Shaped U.S. Labor Law for Decades  Ronald Reagan's Legacy: The Rise of Student Loan Debt in America Ronald Reagan: Life Before the Presidency Ronald Reagan on economics and political parties, 1962  Ronald Reagan's shameful legacy: Violence, the homeless, mental illness  The ideas in Project 2025? Reagan tried them, and the nation suffered The Origin of Student Debt: Reagan Adviser Warned Free College Would Create a Dangerous "Educated Proletariat"  The Reagan Administration's Budget Cuts: Their Impact on the Poor  'The Reagans': TV Review.  The Shadow of Ronald Reagan Is Costing Us Dearly The Welfare Queen Who Is Receiving Social Safety Net Benefits? Will History Repeat Itself? Like Reagan's Repeal of Carter's Achievements in Advancing Solar Energy, Will Trump Kill Biden's?.  Why Are Workers Struggling? Because Labor Law Is Broken
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  The Episode of Unfathomable Healing *TEASER* 25.03.2026 5min

  Join Julia and Nick in the desert at sunset as they recap the shrooms trip that finally healed them. Digressions include having extreme horse experience, society carrying the weight of Drake's pain, and the life affirming beauty of feeling it all. Plus, a crucial addendum recorded after Realizing Things on horseback. This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and our monthly news broadcast What the Hell Sure NEWS, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
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  Eau de Binch w/ Roxy Jamin 18.03.2026 1u 42min

  In this episode, Roxy returns to the pod to help Julia explore the fascinating history of scent: from ancient Greek perfumers on Aphrodite's island to Abercrombie cologne cloud terrorism. Plus, the girlies explain why smell is uniquely different from all our other senses, the Proustian relationship between scent and memory, and how capitalism has transformed our desire to smell good into a billion dollar identity crisis. Digressions include being flexed on by your parents, a man who generously donated his hair to a horse, and society's collective Mrs. Meyer's trauma. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.  Roxy's Website: https://rjamin.net/ SOURCES 3,200-Year-Old Mesopotamian Perfume Recreated from Ancient Text     A Brief History of Scent  A Cultural Autopsy of the Celebrity Perfume  A Journey Through Time in Fragrance  Abercrombie Employees Have To Spritz Clothes With Cologne Every Hour Alain Corbin The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Social Imagination Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell  Cleopatra May Have Once Smelled Like This Recreated Perfume  Effects of ambient odors on slot-machine usage in a Las Vegas casino. Fragrant by Mandy Aftel History of the Hero: Chanel No5 How Advertisers Convinced Americans They Smelled Bad  How Coco Chanel changed the course of women's fashion I'm the Perfumer Who Created the Scent You Love to Hate — Abercrombie & Fitch's Fierce   In France's Perfume Capital Of The World, There's A World Of Beautiful Fragrance  Love Stinks: The Association between Body Odors and Romantic Relationship Commitment  Many find the term 'Oriental' offensive. Why are perfumers still using it?  Perfume Culture Is Starting to Stink  PERFUMERY The psychology and biology of fragrancе Psychology of Fragrance Use: Perception of Individual Odor and Perfume Blends Reveals a Mechanism for Idiosyncratic Effects on Fragrance Choice Poor Sense of Smell Linked to Increased Risk of Depression in Older Adults  Tappūtī-Bēlet-ekallim, The Oldest Perfumer on Record The Connections Between Smell, Memory, and Health  The effects of scent on consumer behaviour  The mysterious sense of smell: evolution, historical perspectives, and neurological disorders The Mystery of Ambergris  The proust effect: Scents, food, and nostalgia  The Smell of Evolution The Truth About Pheromones  The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Perfume This Is What Space Smells Like You don't say? The smell of love You Might Not Agree, but Science Says You're Attracted to Body Odor
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  Bad Book Club: The Tradwife Manifesto *TEASER* 11.03.2026 9min

  In this installment of Bad Book Club, Julia and Eliza read the sacred word of Lori Alexander, aka The Transformed Wife, who walked so all trad wife influencers could run. The girlies unpack Lori's memoir,  in which she preaches biblical womanhood and reveals the brain tumor that made her submit to her husband. Plus, helpful life lessons like always say yes to sex, reuse your children's bathwater, and never have shit to say to anyone. Digressions include Lana's recent Sylvia Plath tribute, Eliza's long-awaited return to the plant of unfathomable joy, and the three types of divinely ordained men (allegedly). This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and our monthly news broadcast What the Hell Sure NEWS, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.  
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  I Lived Bitch! w/ Ellie Schnitt 04.03.2026 1u 30min

  Julia is joined by bestie of the pod Ellie Schnitt to dissect the organ transplant industrial complex (figuratively)! Ellie lends her expertise as the proud owner of a gently used kidney to help unpack the wild history of transplantation, the misconceptions and ethics surrounding organ donation, and the surreal, life-altering experience of waking up with a new lease on your body. Digressions include Ballerina Farm's completely predictable raw milk controversy, taking thirst traps in the hospital bathroom, and why the last person you want to hear from after major surgery is your flop ex. This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette.  Check out Ellie's Substack here: https://ellieschnitt.substack.com/ SOURCES A narrative review on the psychosocial domains of the impact of organ transplantation A Push for More Organ Transplants Is Putting Donors at Risk  A transplant makes history  Current Strategies for Living Donor Kidney Transplantation  Ethics of allocation of donor organs  Exploring Disparities in United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Scoring Systems  H.R.2544 - Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act  History of transplantation  Hospitals Cater to 'Transplant Tourists' as U.S. Patients Wait for Organs  How it All Started: The Fascinating History of Organ Transplantation How One Father Created an Organ Empire Increased Scrutiny Leads to an Improved Organ Transplant System  Inequities in Organ Transplant Allocation Life-or-Death Decisions: Philosophy Student Weighs Ethics of Organ Transplants Living Organ Donation Medical Ethics Unpacked: Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation New Jersey organ procurement organization under congressional investigation after 'alarming' whistleblower claims  Organ Donation and Transplantation     Organ donation: Don't let these myths confuse you  Organ Donation is Rare, Here's Why  Organ Donation Legislation and Policy    Organ Transplant System 'in Chaos' as Waiting Lists Are Ignored Organ Transplantation: HHS Action Needed to Improve Lifesaving Program  Personality Changes Associated with Organ Transplants Psychiatric Aspects of Organ Transplantation Sick and Skipped Over: How We Investigated the Organ Transplant System Systemic Issues Plague Life-Saving Organ Transplant Program The Ethical Boundaries of Organ Donation The history of organ transplantation The Medical Minute: Six organ donation facts knock down six myths U.S. Government Cracks Down on Organ Transplant System  What Can Be Donated  
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  Don't Binch and Drive *TEASER* 25.02.2026 6min

  Julia and beautiful Nick are reunited at last for a truly chaotic stoned episode. The bestinas address the alarming number of binchies who have gotten into car accidents while listening to the pod, and consider the spiritual ramifications of vehicular binching. COUNTLESS digressions include: Clavicular being brutally frame mogged by an ASU frat leader, the horror of being butt dialed by a friend who is talking shit about you, and Julia and Nick's upcoming trip that will finally change everything. This is a teaser for a Patreon-exclusive episode. To listen to the full episode and access over 50 bonus episodes, mediasodes, and our monthly news broadcast What the Hell Sure NEWS, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today.
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  Make It or Break Down w/ Allegra Chapman 18.02.2026 1u 29min

    In the final installment of Binchtopia's two-part reality TV series, Allegra returns to dissect the inner workings behind the spectacle. The girlies unpack the psychological profiling of contestants, examine why so few stars ever escape the system that made them, and consider what happens when your mental breakdown becomes public entertainment. Digressions include a medical emergency induced by Tinsley Mortimer, Mary Cosby's Mother God arc, and seeking justice for Disney adults. Check out Allegra's radio show here: https://kpiss.fm/show/reverse-library/ This episode was produced by Julia Hava and Kylie Finnigan and edited by Livi Burdette. To support the podcast on Patreon and access 50+ bonus episodes, mediasodes, and more, visit patreon.com/binchtopia and become a patron today. SOURCES  Cue the Sun! By Emily Nussbaum Everything old is new again: reality television celebrity, the Hollywood studio system, and the battle for control of one's image 'For the first time in ________ history…': microcelebrity and/as historicity in reality TV competitions How Love Island Became a TV Reality of Sex, Fame, and Sometimes Tragedy Meet the psychologist who helped cast your favorite reality TV villains and heroes  Modern Voyeurism: How the Reality TV Boom Is Affecting Our Mental Health   Reality Check: A Qualitative Study of Mental Well-Being Among Participants  Reality Television as a Model for Online Behavior: Blogging, Photo, and Video Sharing  Reality TV : audiences and popular factual television  Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity, and Branding in the Social Media Age The Dark Side of "Reality TV": Professional Ethics and the Treatment of "Reality"-Show Participants  The Evolution of Foucault's Utopic Panopticon The harsh reality of Reality TV and mental health  The Presentation Of Self In Everyday Life by Erving Goffman The Psychological Impact of Reality TV: Exploring Viewer Responses through Cognitive Appraisal Theory The Reality-TV Confessional Shaped Our Digital Lives Uncomfortable Television by Hunter Hargraves Why Aren't We Outraged by Psych Evaluations for Reality TV?.